Kansas City Bier Meisters
6/10/11 Meeting Minutes

Board Members
Jim McKinney
John Fowler
Amy Satterlund
Steve Cook

Treasury Report
Current holdings - $5901.91

General Information

• Shipping Coordinator – Roger is taking this over
• Next High Plains competition is River City Roundup in September
• Oktoberfest
• Jonathan to chair Oktoberfest committee
• Can host at someone’s house. May look into a campground. Amy to assist with location search.

• Holiday Party
• Need someone to chair the competition
• Competition 2012
• Need someone to chair the competition
• Various glasses for sale
• Competition 2011 glasses are still available. $3 each.
• Older KCBM pint glasses are available $1 each.
• KCBM 2008 glasses $1 each
• New Location
• Jay to chair committee to find location
• Neava, Jonathan, Cole, and Amy to help find a location
• Marty mentioned a union hall is available off 435 & Front St
• Border War Competition
• Need to make sure we have people brewing for this
• Must have 4 club members present while brewing
• Jim will take the due date as an action item.
• See ingredients list (to be posted on our website, and we’ll email it out)
• Next Club-Only Competition: August 2011 – MEAD!
• Mead Day – 1st Saturday in August
• Plans will be confirmed at July meeting

Demonstration/Topical Information

• Hops! Dry-hopping, storage, forms of hops… see the handout for all the good stuff.
• Please suggest ideas on presentations.
• Sour beers
• 100% brett beers

Ask the Brewer & Member Talk

• Customer Appreciation @ Bacchus & Barleycorn
• June 23, 6:30: New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, Australian Grenache/ Shiraz/Mourevdre, Summer Breeze, and Mozzarella Demo
• July 24, 3:00-5:00 Blueberry Pinot Noir, Vintners Choice, Topeka Steam, and Kegging Basics
• Great Taste of the Midwest
• $150 for a ticket & a round-trip bus ride to/from Madison.
• If you’re interested, contact Sean w/Lawrence Brewers Guild ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
• 100% brett beers
• Don’t oxygenate it. Brett character will be muted with oxygenation.
• Some people use apple juice to create a starter.
• Barley’s is having a New Belgium beer school soon
• Foundry is tapping 2 Cantillon beers on 6/14